China Synopsis
流浪地球
When the Sun begins to expand in such a way that it will inevitably engulf and destroy the Earth in a hundred years, united mankind finds a way to avoid extinction by propelling the planet out of the Solar System using gigantic engines, moving it to a new home located four light years away, an epic journey that will last thousands of years.
Audience Engagement
797 audience reviews — more than 93% of China films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 94th percentile among China films.
Other Titles From China Film Group Corporation
Science Fiction + Action in China
23 China titles in our catalog blend the Science Fiction and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Wandering Earth itself).
The 2018–2020 China Window
The Wandering Earth holds position #139 of 219 China films in the 2018–2020 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s China Landscape
2019 was the decade’s peak output year for China — 86 titles released, including The Wandering Earth. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (515 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 85 other China films in 2019.
The 650th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Wandering Earth, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- space station · 5
- frozen earth · 2
- giant engine · 2
- global government · 2
- jupiter · 1
- mankind forced underground · 1
- underground city · 1
- grandfather grandson relationship · 1
- dying sun · 1
- father son relationship · 26
- brother sister relationship · 6
- based on novel or book · 288
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #505 of 946 China films indexed here (47th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among China Science Fiction productions specifically: #17 of 41 (top 41%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, English, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Russian |
| Production Companies | China Film Group Corporation, Beijing Jingxi Culture, Beijing Dengfeng International Culture, G!Film Studio, Free Whale Pictures |
| Runtime | 2h 6m |
| Release Date | February 5, 2019 |
| IMDb | tt7605074 |